The best pii redaction tools, according to hackers
4 pii redaction tools recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All pii redaction tools
- RampartRecommended for catching secrets in AI agent tool responses before the agent sees them, and for its publicly available source. Critics doubt it meets HIPAA de-identification and detection accuracy standards.7recommend
- OpenAI Privacy FilterSmall model that masks personal information and secrets in text, so it can run locally before data reaches external APIs. Critics note it can miss some data, about 4 percent, so it cannot be treated as proof of anonymization.7recommend
- Microsoft PresidioOpen-source toolkit for detecting and anonymizing personal data in text, useful as a first pass. Critics say it throws many false positives and needs heavy tuning.5recommend
- PII-ShieldFree sidecar that removes personal data from logs while keeping valid JSON for SIEM tools. It censors UUIDs, which some users want kept in their logs.5recommend